Episode One: New Taste

Mulrick is about halfway to his bed when he stops in his tracks completely, frozen by your words. ever so slowly he turns around, fidgeting with his fingers incessantly. "Ah, well...maybe?" You see his eyes quickly look at Flitter who stands quietly in the corner, returning his uncertain look with what would best be described as "angry eyes"; thankfully Flitter attempts no further action.

"Not me, it-t was Jakor, honest. "Ah-buh-lisk" he called it."

Flipping through the pages you read a small passage.

"But if this is a dream, why can't I wake up?" Willow examines the vast nothingness which surrounds her, save the single tree and the odd fox who has decided to pester her once again.

"Hmm, why indeed? Perhaps you have been sleeping the whole time, and have finally waken up, hehehe!" The fox laughed and jumped playfully, gliding through the air as if he were swimming.

"Everyone comes here for a reason, you just haven't found it yet!" The fox suddenly snarls, baring viscous fangs as he leaps at Willow! But instead of the sharp feeling of pain, the fox disappears into a cloud of sparks upon impact, the sound of his laughter filling the air...

"Bright, very very bright; maybe the size of your hed'." Mulrick draws a circle with his finger. "Jakor acted weird when he touch'd it, all 'Ooooo the power', bah! Then he just walks away and leaves us ta deal with...y'know." He nudges his head in an obvious manner towards Flitter.

You're pretty sure Mulrick is saying "obelisk". You can recall several actual obelisks which pertain to Dal Quor: The shepherd of sleep, which when found can guide wayward creatures safely out of the realm, and Illusion of want, which reveals someone's innermost wants, and the price they're willing to pay to achieve their prize. In either case it seems unreasonable such a massive object could manifest here without Lock's knowledge.

Day 23

Bartimor says I should "get some actual sleep", but how can I? Without the final seal in place I'm positive something will find the doorway, and I'm not sure they'll be as friendly as the last visitor. Although, I could try and contact them, it certainly couldn't hurt my situation. But how does one go about communicating with someone on a different plane? Tomorrow I'll contact a witch and hopefully come back armed with answers to yet another quagmire.

Mulrick shrugs immediately. "Prolly' has it in his room, never lets me in there..."

Day 24

Note to self: Witches are horribly expensive. Inter-planar messages cost "only" 20 gold per word, and if you inquire about how one goes about casting their own message spell they clam up!

I'm ranting now, need to focus. So far it seems the seal has been 'stolen' for lack of better word (Note: Don't tell Abdolun, he'll get on my case again) as you can't physically destroy it once created, only the material it was written on is affected while the seal itself simply...remains; well, at least I can't. Perhaps if I employ a wide-area magic detection spell tuned to it's magical signature? I'll need to head back to the doorway then but that will have to wait until later, I need to sweep through my lab for proper components.